Things you might not know about Texans-Bengals from Pro Football Focus

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Takes dedication to dress like that knowing how long you have to be in the shower to wash all the red off.

By this time of year, it becomes difficult to give you information that you don’t already know from watching the games. So I reached out to my internet friends to get even more information. The following info is from the interesting Pro Football Focus site, helpfully given to me by PFF’s Sam Monson (@SamMonson)

Geno Atkins is easily the best DT pass-rusher in the NFL this season. He has amassed 49 total sacks, knockdowns and pressures which leads all defensive tackles (Justin Smith of the 49ers has more, but plays largely as a 3-4 end, rather than in true DT positions).

Bengals WR A.J. Green may be a rookie star at WR, but he’s also the most penalized receiver in the league with 10 penalties, 8 of which have been proceedural (false start, illegal formation, offside)

Arian Foster may be having a better season than Ben Tate, but Tate has forced 28 missed tackles to Foster’s 25, on much fewer carries.

The Bengals have no players to play 100% of their defensive snaps. The Texans have one – Glover Quin.

Adam ‘Pac Man’ Jones has been beaten for just one touchdown this season in his 262 coverage snaps.

When not blitzed, Andy Dalton has thrown 12 TDs to 11 picks, when blitzed he has thrown 8 TDs to just 2 picks.

The Houston D has missed 60 tackles this season. The Bengals D, 80.

Thanks to Sam for putting this together. I’m trying to do as much content as I can for this week because I can’t wait for Saturday.

Back in the day….

The Texans PR media notes suggest that the last playoff game for the city of Houston took place January 16, 1994 against the Chiefs. Here’s some of their notes of what was happening then:

The number one song from Jan. 16, 1994, was “I Will Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That)” by Meatloaf.

No. 1 movie was Philadelphia.

Head coach Gary Kubiak had just finished his second year as running backs coach at Texas A&M.

WR Andre Johnson was 12 years old. QB T.J. Yates was six years old. DE J.J. Watt was 4 years old.

P Matt Turk was a rookie, though he was not on a roster during the regular season.

QB Brett Favre helped Green Bay snap an 11-year playoff drought in his second year as a starter.

Houston’s population was 1.7 million. It was 2.1 million in the 2010 census.

Average gas price was $1.00 per gallon.

The World Wide Web was in its infancy and was comprised of an estimated 500 servers

I can barely think back to what I was doing in early 1994. It was before I was married, before kids, before I owned a house. A different world.

Quite the playoff dry spell. As the Texans note with numbers that are sad and angering at the same time, “Saturday will mark 6,565 days (17 years, 11 months, 22 days) since the last playoff game in Houston.”

Makes you appreciate it more I think than some fans other franchises.

From back in 1994….

I usually don’t like using YouTube embeds with ads in them, but this one is worth it. The “Clutch City” championship run was long, difficult. Important for Houston after the disappointments with the football team.

The production values of this clip demonstrate the evolution of sports television. I am not sure that these days they’d let this clip go so long: